Sunday, September 19, 2010

Visit to Clayton

After the rain all night Thursday, the excavation on-site was postponed until Monday. Meanwhile, the masonry group spent Friday continuing their work of laying block. They will begin laying the foundation next week after the excavation of the site. The rest of us have been working hard in the Art+Architecture Building's shop fabricating window frames and the framing of the dormer. The west and south walls of the dormer were cut and constructed. Work on that will continue next week and then will be delivered to the site to be connected to the prefabricated shell by Clayton.

After hearing about the masonry group's visit to Clayton in Bean Station, TN on Wednesday afternoon, the rest of us were excited for our visit on Friday. We finally met Brad, our Clayton contact, who has been extremely helpful throughout this process. With out bright green visitor hardhats on, Brad took us on the floor of the factory to see the process of the construction. After working with the AutoCAD drawings of the house, it was incredible to see the framing while it was in the wiring stage of the construction process. In conjunction with that, they were putting in the insulation and gypsum board as well.

We were able to walk around and inside the house to see the different details and were amazed at the efficiency of everyone working at Clayton. We also saw Samuel with a complete set of the drawings running around answering any questions. We were also informed that everyone stayed until 9:30 on Thursday night completing the scheduled work for that day. It was remarkable to see everyone's hard work in person.

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